National Republican., 1887-07-07
MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. Jul,
80 cents; IS a year. New York; 7i3 Broat
way. Publishers.

MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. July.
30 cents; IS year. New York; 7i3 Broad.
way. Publishers.
Each illustration of this month Is par
ticularly interesting, and the full length
portrait of Henry Laurens, president Of the
Continental Congress, on the opening page,
superb. How we envy him, looking disap-
provingly on our own, his costume; while
ours has nothing beautiful, his having moth
ing ugly veand except the curly, cuetied
wig. A sketch, highly realistic and engag-
ing, of the eminent South Carolina states
man, descriptive of his imprisonment in
London Tower, accompanies, written by the
fascinating editor, Mrs. Martha j. Lamb.
The tower, as it appeared at that time, is
reproduced from rare English engraving,
and being In fac smile, offers a curious
study.
After the surrender of CORVALLIS.
Laurens was released and treated with
distinguished consideration. "The Duke
OF Richmond sent tor him, and discussed
divers plans for coming to right under
standing with the United States. On one
occasion the duke remarked, Suppose,
Mr.. Laurens, we were to grant you indie
pendence.' Grant, my lord duke y inter-
rupted Mr. Laurens. we have independence
Who can take it from usY Great Britain
may, II she pleases, acknowledge It, The
duke paused moment; then said, We'll,
Mr.. Laurens, l will not dispute about a
word. will say acknowledged
SO England lost her first badly treated
child, as, after awhile, for the same reason,
she will lose the rest # her children.
Portraits of the Earl Of lIillsboro', Lord
German, and Lord Stormont also adorn
the laurens paper.
Gen, Arthur +. DevereuX contributes q
spirited and thrilling account OF Pickett's
Charge at Gettysburg" Il contest in which
himself participated. 1t has single illus
tration, but one eloquent with war, Gen.
Hancock pausng to give the order to Col.
DeyereuX."
Mr.. Justin Winsor's article, "Manuscript
Sources of American History" points out
the conspicuous collections eXtant, those Of
Jared Sparks, Peter Force, and George Ban
croft, the last alone still with us. The Ii
brary OF Col, Force, now the property OF
the government, for many years occupied
the precise ground of the Office Of the Ma
TIoNAL REPUBLICAN. Its thousands of vol
umes were on one subject exclusively
America,
Visiting the colonel one day here-who
lived hermit In his rooms-he presented
from its shelf book for our inspection,
saying, "lhis may interest you" "Sur.
prise" would rather have been the appropri-
ate word. The page opened, We i'm
medIately recognized as our own con-
position. At that time we had just
finished in n newspaper serial
publication, entitled morris, Il Tale OF
the Americas" aud the great collector, at
tracted by the word "Americas,n had in
dustriously each week clipped out the
installment aud, by aid Of the paste brush,
finally formed book-conferrin on the
writer the pnimagined boon and bliss OF
immortality, for 1t is now In the possession
Of the Library Of Congress.
Nothing on this favorite theme, however
inconsiderable In value, escaped Col
Force's observation and acquisition. lie
was like the devout Mohammedan who rev.
erently picks up every scrap of paper hi
may see on the ground, for the name OF
"Allahn may be written on it.
"One Days Work of a Captain of Ora
goonsn ia an interesting chapter, by Gen
p. st. George Cooke, United States army
OF an exploit OF his own In the southwest IL
1913. "The United States Mail Service
John NJ, Bishop; "Biography of River ant